The collaborative public manager : new ideas for the twenty-first century / Rosemary O'Leary and Lisa Blomgren Bingham, editors.

ISBN:

9781589015852

9781589015845

Title:

The collaborative public manager : new ideas for the twenty-first century / Rosemary O'Leary and Lisa Blomgren Bingham, editors.

Author:

O'Leary, Rosemary, 1955-

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1 online resource (xii, 320 pages) : illustrations.

Series:

Public management and change series

Contents:

Public managers in collaboration / Resource sharing : how resource attributes influence sharing system choices / To participate or not to participate? : incentives and obstacles for collaboration / Partner selection and the effectiveness of interorganizational collaborations / New professionalism and collaborative activity in local emergency management / Calming the storms : collaborative public management, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and disaster response / Understanding the collaborative public manager : exploring contracting patterns and performance for service delivery by state administrative agencies in 1998 and 2004 / Collaboration and relational contracting / Mechanisms for collaboration in emergency management : ICS, NIMS, and the problem with command and control / Collaborative public management and organizational design : one-stop shopping structures in employment and training programs / Collaborative approaches to public organization start-ups / Synthesizing practice and performance in the field of environmental conflict resolution / Public administration education for the third-party governance era : reclaiming leadership of the field / Surprising findings, paradoxes, and thoughts on the future of collaborative public management research

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Subject Term:

Public administration -- United States.

Intergovernmental cooperation -- United States.

Public-private sector cooperation -- United States.

Geographic Term:

United States.

Added Author:

O'Leary, Rosemary, 1955-

Bingham, Lisa (Lisa B.), 1955-

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Publication Date:

2009

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Summary

Collaborative public management is a concept that describes the process of government and the private sector working together in multi-organizational arrangements to solve problems that cannot be solved (or easily solved) by single government organizations. Collaborative public management may also include participatory governance: the active involvement of citizens in government decision-making. This book presents current state-of-the-art empirical research and conceptualizing about collaborative public management. The contributors are top scholars in public management and public policy. The book examines how recent case studies have produced evolutions in public management theory, particularly since the publication of Robert Agranoff and Michael McGuire's award-winning book Collaborative Public Management: New Stratagies for Local Governments (Georgetown University Press, 2003). The thirteen chapters in the book are primarily organized by major topics in collaborative public management (e.g. how governments choose collaborative partners) and describe various recent cases that have advanced our understanding of the topic. One chapter (Chapter 6) provides a new case study.

Summary

Today's public managers not only have to function as leaders within their agencies, they must also establish and coordinate multi-organizational networks of other public agencies, private contractors, and the public. This important transformation has been the subject of an explosion of research in recent years. The Collaborative Public Manager brings together original contributions by some of today's top public management and public policy scholars who address cutting-edge issues that affect government managers worldwide. State-of-the-art empirical research reveals why and how public managers collaborate and how they motivate others to do the same. Examining tough issues such as organizational design and performance, resource sharing, and contracting, the contributors draw lessons from real-life situations as they provide tools to meet the challenges of managing conflict within interorganizational, interpersonal networks. This book pushes scholars, students, and professionals to rethink what they know about collaborative public management--and to strive harder to achieve its full potential.

Author Notes

Rosemary O'Leary is Distinguished Professor of Public Administration and Maxwell School Advisory Board Endowed Chair at Syracuse University. She has received ten national research awards and eight teaching awards. She is codirector of the Collaborative Governance Initiative and codirector of the Program on the Analysis and Resolution of Conflicts.

Lisa Blomgren Bingham is Keller-Runden Professor of Public Service at Indiana University's School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Bloomington. She has received the Association for Conflict Resolution's Abner Award and the Rubin Theory-to-Practice Award from the International Association for Conflict Management and the Harvard Project on Negotiation.

1 Public Managers in CollaborationRosemary O'Leary and Beth Gazley and Michael McGuire and Lisa Blomgren Bingham

Part I Why Public Managers Collaborate

2 Resource Sharing: How Resource Attributes Influence Sharing System ChoicesMary Tschirhart and Alejandro Amezcua and Alison Anker

3 To Participate or Not Participate? Incentives and Obstacles for CollaborationRachel Fleishman

4 Partner Selection and the Effectiveness of Interorganizational CollaborationsElizabeth A. Graddy and Bin Chen

5 The New Professionalism and Collaborative Activity in Local Emergency ManagementMichael McGuire

6 Calming the Storms: Collaborative Public Management, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and Disaster ResponseAlisa Hicklin and Laurence J. O'Toole Jr. and Kenneth J. Meier and Scott E. Robinson

Part II How Public Managers Collaborate

7 Understanding the Collaborative Public Manager: Exploring Contracting Patterns and Performance for Service Delivery by State Administrative Agencies in 1998 and 2004Jeffrey L. Brudney and Chung-Lae Cho and Deil S. Wright

8 Collaboration and Relational ContractingDavid M. Van Slyke

9 Mechanisms for Collaboration in Emergency Management: ICS, NIMS, and the Problem with Command and ControlWilliam L. Waugh Jr.

10 Collaborative Public Management and Organizational Design: One-Stop Shopping Structures in Employment and Training ProgramsJay Eungha Ryu and Hal G. Rainey

Part III How and Why Public Managers Get Others to Collaborate

11 Collaborative Approaches to Public Organization Start-UpsRobert Alexander and Rosemary O'Leary

12 Synthesizing Practice and Performance in the Field of Environmental Conflict ResolutionKirk Emerson

13 A Public Administration Education for the Third-Party Governance Era: Reclaiming Leadership of the FieldPaul L. Posner

14 Surprising Findings, Paradoxes, and Thoughts on the Future of Collaborative Public Management ResearchRosemary O'Leary and Lisa Blomgren Bingham

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